Tokyo-based startup Space One failed to become Japan's first private firm to put a satellite into orbit after its solid-fuel Kairos rocket burst into flames just seconds after liftoff, in a major setback for Japan’s space development aspirations.
The 18-meter, 23-ton Kairos rocket, carrying a mock-up of a government spy satellite, attempted to take off from a new space facility in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shortly after 11 a.m.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/13/japan/science-health/space-one-launch/
The 18-meter, 23-ton Kairos rocket, carrying a mock-up of a government spy satellite, attempted to take off from a new space facility in Kushimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, shortly after 11 a.m.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/13/japan/science-health/space-one-launch/